§ MR. BAXTERsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What Scotch Bills are to be introduced by Government, and who is to take charge of the Scotch business in the House of Commons, the Lord Advocate not having a scat?
§ MR. WALPOLESir, the Hypothec Amendment Bill and the Recovery of Debts in Sheriff Courts Bill have been already introduced and read a first time in the House of Lords. To-night the hon. Member for Peebleshire (Sir Graham Montgomery) will introduce a Bill for the Regulation of the Court and Office of the Lyon King at Arms. Several other Bills are in an advanced state of preparation—namely, the Writs Registration Bill, the Justiciary Court Bill, the Heritable Securities Succession Bill, and the Consolidation of Law of Nuisance, &c, in Scotland Bill. Inasmuch as the now Lord Advocate will probably be promoted to the Bench in a few days, I cannot state until I have consulted the new Lord Advocate, the present Solicitor General, as to the time at which they will be introduced.
§ MR. BAXTERIn the meantime, who is to be responsible for Scotch business?
§ MR. WALPOLEI will answer that Question another day.